Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

It would be an empty world without the blues.

6.6 / 10
2020
US

Plot Summary

Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.

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chicago, illinois

recording studio

based on play or musical

singer

lesbian relationship

lgbt

blues music

black lgbt

trumpet player

1920s